When Rossini and his librettist Jacopo Ferretti turned Cinderella into an opera (at very short notice, incidentally) in 1817, ...

While both companies tapped directors who chose unconventional approaches to this repertoire, they followed very different ...

Rossini's "Stabat Mater" stands alongside the Verdi Requiem (which pays explicit homage to it) as one of the great operas of the liturgical repertoire. This exciting new recording, led by conductor ...

This week we’ve a grandiose choral work inspired by a composer’s love for the beautiful game, along with two noisily enjoyable attempts to portray physical movement in musical terms. A frighteningly ...

March 12 & 19, 2016, 7:30pm; March 13 & 20, 2016, 2pm Rossini's first masterpiece that combines comedy and tragedy set off by his brilliant music. LVO's music director Alex Katsman has assembled a ...

When Lawrence Brownlee made his local debut -- singing Don Ottavio in Seattle Opera Young Artists Program's production of Mozart's "Don Giovanni" -- he was just another tenor with hope, ambition and ...

Chamber Music Society St. Louis will be performing “Musica Italiana” on Oct. 14. The Chamber Music Society of St. Louis is honoring our city’s Italian roots with “Musica Italiana,” a program of ...